RTH/JDK2: Biomimetic Nanofabrication of Silica Structures Based on Diatoms

Project ID

RTH/JDK2

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Start Date

Fri 2003-Feb-07 15:08:19

Last Updated

Tue 2005-Aug-30 15:42:20

Abstract

Diatoms are a type of brown algae that create hydrated silicon-dioxide structures with feature sizes down to 5 nm at ambient temperature and pressure. The goal of this project is to replicate these processes in vitro and then manipulate the process parameters to create engineered structures.